For my women in baseball collection.

Usually I stay with pro/semi pro type of teams and players, but this one is just...I mean....I am equal parts intrigued and horrified as to just WTF is up with this image.

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Tom C

These are a first for me. I never thought I would see a confirmed tintype of an Olympian until I got these two in a lot of items. I have gotten a good group of items in several purchases related to this athlete. A real estate investor purchased his son's home which probably passed in the family. Isidore "Jack" Niflot won a gold medal in wrestling at the 1904 Olympics in St. Louis. He also competed in the 1906 Intercalated Games in Athens which the IOC refuses to recognize as Olympic Games. He was an AAU champ and later turned pro. He was a long time wrestling referee and coached at City Athletic Club in New York City, Columbia and Penn. In these two he is standing in one and seated in the middle in the other. The word on the jerseys is Balmers. I do not know what that is.

Picked up this nice JF Hillerich and Son bat. On the handle you can see notches for grip.

Recent pick up Irv, if you like this Ruth you'll love the next snapshot I have coming in the mail!
Jeff

How does he "identify" :)

Picked up this large 1907 UVM vs. Holy Cross game scorecard with three players listed that had distinguished Major League careers:

Jack Barry of Holy Cross (Philadelphia Athletics, Boston Red Sox), Ray Collins of UVM (Red Sox), and Larry Gardner of UVM (Red Sox). Barry was part of the Athletic's "$100,000 Infield", and Gardner and Collins featured prominently on Champion Red Sox Teams.

In 1915 Barry, Collins and Gardner played together on the same Red Sox team (with a young Babe Ruth), winning the World Series.

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Rube Marquardt 1916 photo
 

From the BST on net54, just picked up this original 1916 photo of Brooklyn Robins no-hit pitcher Rube Marquard.

Nice pickup. And that is quite the window pane uniform that team wore. Photos from that era are so cool.

I love that plaid uniform too, that is pretty rare to see.

Looking forward to seeing it, Jeff!

Although I mainly collect 52 Topps, a Ruth card/picture is something I would truly love to own!

Phillip Morris Store Sign
 

I was excited to pick up this Phillip Morris Cigarette store sign with the football scene in the background. Unfortunately, it has some water damage on the right side, but it still displays well. I believe it is from the late '30's or early '40's.

1954 Redlegs vs Braves program. Note the Rookie Hank Aaron #5

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Adding to my small Baseball in London collection, this makes piece number five.

June 10, 1945, program for a US Army services baseball game held at Stamford Bridge soccer stadium in London, England. The two teams – the Whites and the Grays – were made up of minor league and major league players stationed in England. Mostly minor league players, but I have been able to note Paul Campbell, Ted Kleinhans and Dan Carnevale.

The most notable name on the program may be that of Umpire Scotty Robb. Scotty Robb had a pretty distinguished career as an Umpire in both the NL and AL.

Here is the interesting part...two days ago I was contacted by the grandson of Scotty Rob who is interested in selling his grandfather's personal items from him umpiring days. Some nice stuff. I am helping him prepare for sale. Today we spoke for the first time, and then an hour later in the mail I get this Army program. I didn't realize he was the umpire when I bought it. I don't think I even would have noticed he was the umpire in the game if his grandson had not just contacted me.

I think the person I bought this from found a stack of them, because after the ebay auction ended he listed another.

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1st ever game between Jackie and Doby.

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Won this lot the other night in the Hunt Auction

1923 World Series

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1948 Campy Rookie

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Beautiful photos Joey

A bit OT, but we do have tobacco collectors here. Stopped by an estate sale today. A bust, but I did grab a box of 10 Durham Tobacco pouches for $10. These are common, but a bargain at $1 a piece. I only wanted one, so sold the others to a tobacco collector I know to make back my ten and a bit more. Makes a nice addition to displays.

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Vada Pinson
 

Sorry if this looks more like a SABR post, but this has been a player a I have always wanted to have a jersey of. IMO, one of the most underrated players of the 1960s.

Dave Grob

Outstanding. Congrats on getting it. Definitely an underrated player.

Wow! Tremendous acquisition, Dave....

One of the Reds' all-time greats, and a killer style vest.

Congrats!

Vada Pinson
 

Thanks guys. I am sure I a bit biased, but the 1961-1966 Reds vests are just such a classic design.

Dave Grob

Absolutely. I also like the caps they wore at the time, particularly the home version with the red pinstripes.